Beater



July 17, 1928.

L. E. EARLE BEATER Filed May 20, 1 925 Patented July 17, 1928.

e Miran STATES- PAT-EN LEE EDGAR EABLE, OF

BEATER.

Application filedv May 20, 1925., Serial No. 31,651.

This invention relates to improvements in beaters Whichare particularlyintended for culinary use.

Ihe primary object of the present inven tion is to provide means forpreventing the beater pinions from becoming disengaged from the drivinggear, thereby causing the pinions tobecomeeither locked or-thro-wn outof operation with the driving wheel or gear.

A further object of the present invention is to provide means looatedunder the pinions to prevent them. from I becoming disengaged from thedriving gear, or.prevent themfrom being disengaged, and then locked withthe driving gear. I p

A further object of the presentinvention is, to provide the supportingframe for the gears of the beater [with abridge that extends under thepinions of-the beaters thereby preventing them from becoming disengagedwith the driving gear, and again engaged in'locked relationtot-hedrivinggear.

Another object of the present. invention is to provide asupportingframe-for the driving gear and beater pinions with anattachable bridge that extends beneath, the pin ions thus preventingthem from being dis engaged from theQdrivin'g gear, thereby being eitherinoperative, or caused ;to again engage the driving gear in lockedrelation therewith.

Further objects of. the present invention will appear from the followingdescription:

. In the accompanying drawings: I I

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a beater that-involves the presentimprovement.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view. on line 22 ofFigure 1 lookinginthe direction indicated by arrow.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken through the centerof the bridge which involves the improvement herewith disclosed.

Figure 4c is a detached plan View of-the blank which, forms the bridge.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectionalviewtaken through the lower portionof-the driving wheel, the pinions the bridge and the upper ends of thebeater blades.

The present invention involves the type of beater which is disclosedinthe patent granted 'to Ladd' July 7,. 1908, No. 892,856.

Referring-now to 'the' drawings, it will be observed that the presentimprovement, in volves a supporting frame'l having attached to itsupper'end a suitable handle 2. This frame extends downward as-shown andhas its lower end providedwitha U-shapedlateral extension?) which has atransverse open? in 4, in which opening. the pinions 5 are located. Adriving wheelfi is centrally-journalled at 7 on the supporting framedand carries a suitable handle 8 by means of which it is rotated. .Itwill bfiobserved that infthis type of beater the teeth 9 of'th'e drivingWheel 6 pfis between the pinions 5 which pinions engage, the teeth asshown. 7 These teeth preferably are turned late'rall'yfor-the purpose ofengagement with'the so that theymay engage opposite sides of the teeth 9withoutinterference A suitable rod has its ends 10 att ached to oppositesides of the lateral extension 3. of the supporting frame 1.

. The beater blades 11 are journalled on the B EW YORK, ASSIGNORTQUNITED 'RoYnL'rIEs COB- PORATIONQIOF NEW YORK,

upwardly extended portions ot the rodflO,

and;- attached. to the upper ends of these beater blades are the pinions5.v It will be observed that in this construction the; pinions are looseand must be loose on the vertical extensions of thejrod 10. beaterblades may ,be-referred to as floating on thevertical portions of therods, and con sequently the pinions 5 attached to the upper ends ofthejbeaterblades arellikewi'se floating on the said-rod.

Therefore heretofore in this type of beater these pinions are maintainedin engagement with the driving wheel 6 by reason ofithe beater blades11.. e

By reason of this construction' of beater,

difiiculty has arisen by reason of the pinions. becoming disengaged fromthe driving wheel. For years it has been found that one or more of thesepinions may be disengaged from the driving wheel .6. by a lateral ex?pansion of the beaterblade that carries it,"

and that whenengaged againwith thed'rivingwheel, it happens not to bein,;its proper position, then the driving gearl and the beater bladesbecome lockedso that thedevice is inoperative, 7 t

This hasjbeenfound to occur uno ler sev- Therefore the eral conditions.One condition being that when the merchant removes the wrapping from adozen or more of these heaters and they are laid in the box on hiscounter, and a woman or other person in a hurry takes up one of theseheaters and pulls it free from the remaining heaters, causes the lateralexpansion of the beater blades and thereby causes the floating pinion 5to be disengaged from the driving wheel, and when again free engages thedriving wheel in a different p sition, in which it is locked, making thedevice inoperative. Such a condition naturally leads the person tobelieve the device is read ily distorted to make it inoperative, anddestroys the sale of it.

Second, it has been found that in handling heaters in the kitchen theblades have been struck against the table in such a manner as to causethe disengagement of the floating pinion with the operating wheel,causing the same result. 1

Third, some people use thebeaters in a very, heavy sticky materialthereby overworking them which causes the lateral expansion of theblades in withdrawing the beater from the mixture, thereby causing thefloating pinion to disengage the driving gear, and possibly whenengaging it again causes the locking of the parts above referred to.

The foregoing defects are not due to any bad material orworkmanship butis due to the inherent construction of the device. While the aboveresult has been known for a good many years no manner has been suggestedof curing the result. Finally the applicant has devised the methodwhich. will now be described of preventing the disengagement of thesefloating gears with the operating wheel thereby overcoming absolutelythe conditions above recited.

This improvement consists of a bridge 11 that extends across the opening8 beneath the pinions and between them so thatif the beater blades 11are laterally expanded for the above reasons, or in any manner are drawndown they then engage the trans verse bridge 12 thus preventing themfrom being pulled out of engagement with the driving wheel.

This improvement as here shown is of such a form that it is attachableto the construction as it is being made.

This device is attachable by having its ends somewhat elongated anddoubled backward as shown at 13 around the part- 14. of the laterallybent portion of the supporting frame. For the purpose of making theattachment more permanent than would otherwise be the case the part 1%is bent downward as at 15 into a downwardly bent portion 16 of the clip12'thus uniting them and holding the clip from lateral movement on thesupporting frame. Attention is directed to the fact that the centerportion 17 of the bridge 12 is bent upward and lies substantially closeto the floating pinions thus preventing themfrom being depressed out ofengagement with the driving wheel 6.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: v

1. A beater comprising a vertical frame having at 1ts lower end alaterally extending portlon formed with a plnion opening, a pinionlocated 1n the said opening and carrying beater blades and a bridgeextend ing across the said opening connected to opposite portions of thesupporting frame by being bent around the latter for preventing thedisengagement of the pinion from the driving gear.

v 2. Abeater comprising a vertical frame having a vertical drivinggearthe lower end of the frame having lateral extensions having a pinionopening, a pinion located in the said opening, a bridge connected to thelaterally bent lower end of the frame by having its ends bentther'earound, the bridge having a reduced-central portion whereby it maybe extended below the teeth in the pinion for preventing it becomingdisengaged from the driving wheel. I

8. A beater comprising a vertical frame, a vertical driving gear carriedby the said frame, the lower end of the frame turned laterally andhaving pinion openings, a rod upon which the pinions are journalled, abridge having a reduced central portion passing below the said pinionsfor the pur pose described, and the ends of the bridge having cars whichare doubled around the laterally bentportion of the frame.

4. A beater comprising a vertical frame carrying a vertical drivingwheel, said frame having a laterally bent lower end provided with pinionopenings, pinions located in the said openings carrying beater blades, a

bridge extending between and below the said pinions, for the purposedescribed, the ends of the bridge bent around the said frame and thelaterally bent portions of the frame and the said bridge being benttogether whereby it is locked in position.

5. A beater comprising a vertically U shaped frame having a transverseopening which forms parallel portions at each side of the opening, apinion located in the opensaid opening, said bridge having the edge ing,an operating wheel carried by the frame of its horizontal portion cutaway to form a and engaging the said pinion, the frame hav Verticalopening for said pinion, the parts ing a horizontal bridge insubstantially the operating as described.

5 same horizontal plane as the lower portion In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my of the U-shaped frame, the bridge extendsignature. ingbelow the said pinion'and spanningt-he LEE EDGAR EARLE.

